Total Crime Rate

124.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 49.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.9 7/10
  • Other theft 16.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.1 6/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 7.0 8/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Friary Estate area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Old Kent Road , and the 378th lowest crime rate of 769 local areas in Southwark .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Friary Estate (SE15 6TB) in the last 12 months was 124.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% lower than the Old Kent Road average (126.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Friary Estate (SE15 6TB), the main crime hotspot is near Shard'S Square. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Friary Estate area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/78)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Brideale Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Furley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Shard'S Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Shard'S Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shard'S Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Shard'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Friary Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Holbeck Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Bird In Bush Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Furley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shard'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lympstone Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lympstone Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Lympstone Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Peckham Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peckham Park Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leontine Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Frensham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shard'S Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Green Hundred Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilmot Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Olmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Olmar Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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